Have you experienced slow connection when your Windows 10 is performing Windows Update? It could be that your Windows Update is consuming a lot of bandwidth. We can change the settings in your Windows 10 to limit Windows Update Bandwidth.

Limit Windows Update Bandwidth Through Windows Settings

This step is the easiest step to limit Windows Update Bandwidth.

Open Windows Settings. You can either perform a shortcut Win + I or going through Start then Settings icon.

Open the Maximum Download Bandwidth (in KB/s) settings. Select Enabled and input the download bandwidth in KB/s under Maximum Download Bandwidth (in KB/s). This will limit by KB/s and not in percentage.

I prefer the former (via Windows Settings) than the latter (via Local Group Policy Editor) because it is based on percentage. However, I gave you two options to limit Windows Update bandwidth in Windows 10. Whichever you choose will work fine.

That is it! That is how you limit Windows Update bandwidth in Windows 10. You will not experience any bandwidth issues when your Windows 10 is updating. Not unless, you have connectivity issues with your Internet.

Introduction

SSH or Secure Shell is a cryptographic network protocol for operating network services securely over an unsecured network (Wikipedia). If you need to access a server with SSH, you will have to use an SSH client. Linux and Mac OS systems have built-in SSH clients while Windows does not have any built in SSH clients.

Use SSH on Windows

Since Windows does not have a built in SSH client, we will have to download and install an SSH client. There are few SSH clients that can be downloaded. Among these are Cygwin, Putty, FireSSH and Secure Shell App. FireSSH is a plugin for Mozilla Firefox. Secure Shell App is an extension for Google Chrome. If you prefer using browser extensions, choose between FireSSH or Secure Shell App. Cygwin is more like making your system be aware of Unix like commands. I do not prefer using Cygwin. I prefer using Putty thus the purpose of this tutorial.

We will be using the most widely used SSH client in Windows, which is Putty. Here are the steps in acquiring Putty to use SSH on Windows:

Introduction

There are a couple of add-ons or plugins that block advertisements. I already used a couple of those plugins that block advertisements. However, there’s one plugin that has been the most effective compared to all add-ons or plugins for Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari and Microsoft Edge. I have only tried using it in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge. It is uBlock Origin.

uBlock Origin is free and open-source. It is actively developed and maintained by the founder itself. It also uses less resources compared to other add-ons or plugins which has the same functionality.

uBlock Origin does only work on desktop and does not work on mobile phones (iOS and Android).

If you use uBlock Origin, you are one step closer to having a more secure browsing experience as it blocks most of the malicious websites. It also blocks annoying pop-ups which are most of the time not safe.

Install uBlock Origin to block advertisements.

Block Advertisements Using Plugin

For Google Chrome, open this link uBlock Origin using your Google Chrome browser. Then, click the Add to Chrome button.

For Mozilla Firefox, open this link uBlock Origin using your Mozilla Firebox browser. Then, click the Add to Firefox button.

For Microsoft Edge, you can use any browsers and open this link uBlock Origin. Then, click the Get button. This should open the Microsoft Store. Once the Microsoft Store is opened, click on Get button.

For other browsers not stated above, you can go to uBlock Origin’s for more information at https://www.ublock.org/. You will see the list of browsers supported from this website.

P.S.

We know that web sites now are overrun by advertisements. Ads are not necessarily bad but there are some advertisements that can really slow your browser which affects your browsing experience. It is better to install uBlock Origin so you can control which advertisements you want to show or block.

Introduction

Webmin is a web-based system configuration tool for Unix-like systems. With it, it is possible to configure operating system internals, such as users, disk quotas, services or configuration files, as well as modify and control open source apps, such as the Apache HTTP Server, PHP or MySQL.

Virtualmin is a domain hosting and website control panel, which gives the ability to create and manage many domains and is available in both open source and commercial versions. It is a free alternative to cPanel.

Requirements

Before we proceed on how to install Webmin and Virtualmin on Ubuntu 16.04, we need to know if your server meets the minimum requirements.

I prefer installing Webmin and Virtualmin on a freshly installed operating system. The supported operating systems are the following:

CentOS/RHEL 6 and 7 on i386 and x86_64

Debian 7, 8, and 9, on i386 and amd64

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and 16.04 LTS on i386 and amd64 (non-LTS releases are not supported)

Before we begin on how to install WordPress using SSH, let’s have an introduction about WordPress and SSH.

WordPress is a free and open-source content management system based on PHP and MySQL. Features include a plugin architecture and a template system. It is most associated with blogging, but supports other types of web content including more traditional mailing lists and forums, media galleries, and online stores.

There are a couple of ways to install WordPress to your server. In this tutorial, I will show you how to install WordPress using SSH.

SSH, also known as Secure Socket Shell, is a network protocol that provides administrators with a secure way to access a remote computer. SSH also refers to the suite of utilities that implement the protocol.

Before you proceed with this tutorial on how to install WordPress using SSH, make sure to setup your database name, username and password.

Here are the steps:

Login to your SSH terminal and navigate to your root directory of your website. In my case, it’s under the public_html folder.

cd public_html

Download the latest WordPress using the following command:

wget http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz

Extract the downloaded file using this command:

tar xfz latest.tar.gz

Move the contents of the WordPress files into the root directory of your website using this command:

mv wordpress/* ./

Delete the WordPress directory using this command:

rmdir ./wordpress/

Delete the downloaded file using this command:

rm -f latest.tar.gz

Make sure to navigate to your website and complete the WordPress configuration wizard.

You’re done! That’s how you install WordPress using SSH. You can install your desired plugins and themes.